Josef Penninger
Heart Failure & Transplant
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
About
Josef Penninger works in Heart Failure & Transplant affiliated with Institute of Molecular Biotechnology.
Josef Penninger serves as the Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany. He previously held the position of Director at the Life Sciences Institute of the University of British Columbia. He was the Founding Director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Research focus
ACE2 and Renin-Angiotensin System RegulationCardiac RegenerationVascular Organoid EngineeringMolecular Mechanisms of Heart Function
Impact
1,638 pubs · 141,637 cites · h-index 172
Training
PhD in Medical Science
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2024
MD
University of Innsbruck
1990
Affiliations
Work Experience
Scientific Director
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research · 2023 - Present
Director
Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia · 2018 - 2023
Founding Director
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences · 2002 - 2018
Principal Investigator
Amgen Institute · 1994 - 2002